Noel Bridge

Noel Bridge "has extensive experience in accounting and financial services, the mining industry and Indigenous economic development as a result of the professional work and educational activities he has undertaken over the past 17 years. He is an Aboriginal person and is fully aware of the social, economic and political issues that impact on Indigenous people. He has overseen many project developments throughout regional Australia.

"Noel has a Bachelor of Business majoring in Accountancy, has successfully undertaken the Australian Rural Leadership Program and part completed an MBA. He is a current member of the Telstra Country Wide Advisory Board, the Perth Central Colleges of TAFE Governing Council, is a fellow of the Institute of Company Directors and was a founding member of the Australian Youth Foundation’s Minerals Council of Australia Indigenous Scholarship Program. Noel is currently the Managing Director of a private consulting business, First Acuity Management Enterprises P/L and is based in Perth, Western Australia.

"Noel previously worked with Normandy Mining Ltd, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commercial Development Corporation, Nelson Parkhill BDO Chartered Accountants and the Department of Employment and Industrial Relations."

• Deputy Chair, Desert Knowledge CRC